July 22 marks the 328th anniversary of the Dongan Charter , the document which established Albany as a city and which makes it among the o...

Just behind the Lincoln Park tennis courts and directly across from the old laboratory of Professor James Hall , there is a very large bel...

Albany is one of the oldest and most historic cities in the United States.  Sadly, much of our tangible history has been lost to progress...

This video documenting the building of the Empire State Plaza just recently surfaced thanks to Albany...The Way It Was (see previous p...

If you're a Facebook user with an interest in Albany's past, there is a must-join group. Albany...The Way It Was is filled with a...

A compilation of links, blogs, and other resources which I have found useful or interesting in my ongoing exploration of local history onl...

A 1931 Albany Evening Journal article documents the end of an era for the widow of a cemetery caretaker. The Old Woman of St. Mary...